Matt Cain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 230lb (190cm, 104kg)

Born: October 1, 1984 in Dothan, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Houston HS (Germantown, TN).

High School: Houston HS (Germantown, TN)

Debut: August 29, 2005 (Age 20-332d, 18,749th in major league history)
vs. COL 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 30, 2017 (Age 32-364d)
vs. SDP 5.0 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Matthew Thomas Cain

Nicknames: The Horse or Big Sugar

Pronunciation: \mat kayn\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.1

104

118

ERA

3.68

342

331

2085.2

1694

WHIP

1.228

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-8 / in Starts: 4-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 0

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	282	80	Jul 2	SFG	@	MIA	L,4-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	7	5	5	4	2	2	0	9.00	9.93	25	89	51	14	4	9	10	5	2	0	31			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.436	1.61	-0.37%	-2.78	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d2
2	283	85	Jul 7	SFG		NYM	W,3-0	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.09	5.50	21	95	66	14	12	6	6	1	0	0	73			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.98	0.303	1.12	0.21%	2.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
3	284	90	Jul 17	SFG	@	ARI	W,6-5	GS-5		9	5.0	8	4	4	0	5	1	0	5.06	4.95	23	83	57	15	11	5	13	9	0	0	40			1	0	0	21	3	1	0	0	2	0	.80	-0.212	1.11	-0.18%	-1.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
4	285	95	Jul 22	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-1	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	0	4.09	4.63	24	101	62	16	12	4	13	3	2	0	63			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.168	1.47	0.16%	1.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
5	286	100	Jul 28	SFG		MIL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	6.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	0	4.50	4.10	26	82	62	15	8	6	17	10	5	0	43			0	0	0	25	3	1	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.202	1.01	-0.19%	-1.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	287	105	Aug 3	SFG	@	ATL	L,8-9	GS-6		5	5.0	10	4	4	1	1	1	1	4.91	4.47	25	80	54	13	3	10	12	7	0	0	31			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	.65	-0.021	1.00	-0.02%	-1.36	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out a3
7	288	110	Aug 8	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	4.0	6	5	5	5	2	1	2	5.59	5.13	24	98	56	19	8	6	9	6	0	0	27			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.283	2.54	-0.31%	-2.15	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out tie
8	289	115	Aug 14	SFG		WSN	W,8-5	GS-5		5	4.2	6	5	5	1	3	2	1	6.05	5.53	23	83	48	10	6	8	10	4	0	0	34			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.250	1.48	-0.25%	-3.12	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a1
9	290	120	Aug 19	SFG	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	5.66	5.32	24	88	58	19	11	7	10	6	1	0	57			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.061	1.42	0.06%	0.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
10	291	125	Aug 25	SFG		CHC	L,5-8	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	5.0	8	6	6	2	3	2	0	6.15	5.60	23	73	45	18	2	9	9	7	0	0	28			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.74	-0.306	1.40	-0.35%	-3.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	292	148	Sep 19	SFG		ARI	L,0-6	6-6		24	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	6.20	5.59	6	32	19	2	6	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.024	.01	0.00%	-0.54	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d5
12	293	154	Sep 26	SFG	@	OAK	W,14-10	5-6		6	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.31	5.74	8	24	14	2	3	0	8	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.144	.01	0.00%	-1.06	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d3
13	294	162	Oct 4	SFG		COL	L,3-7	GS-5		7	5.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.79	5.54	19	65	43	8	3	3	14	5	5	0	63			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	.85	0.254	.00	0.00%	2.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
							5-8		W-L:2-4	5.3	60.2	71	39	39	20	41	12	4	5.79	5.54	271	993	64%	17%	9%	0.57		32%	8%	0	45	0	---%	7	1	0	242	17	4	0	6	4	3	.86	-1.092	1.23	-1.24%	-9.99

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